NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 24/02/2021

Punch
NGF considers talks with bandits, others

13 killed as rocket hits Maiduguri, NAF defends city

Shasha violence: Speakers seek culprits’ trial, Makinde reopens market

Police misconduct responsible for #EndSARS protests — PSC

Diesel price soars to N250/litre, businesses groan

People who suffer side effects from COVAX vaccine to be compensated –WHO

Dangote refinery’ll strengthen naira, save economy – National Assembly

$2.6bn pipeline project: Reps grill NNPC, contractors, summon BPP

Livestock programme begins with Netherland’s €400,000 funding, says Presidency

Lagos Trade Fair, TBS concession process begins Q2 2021

Na’aba, Falana, Agbakoba, others set December date for people’s constitution

WAEC withholds Kano’s 70,000 WASSCE results over debt

Miyetti Allah, others berate Ortom for calling Bauchi gov terror member

I said COVID-19 shouldn’t end in error, says Apostle Suleman

Ondo Rep, dumps ADC for APC

Makinde, Fayose’s face-off deepens, parallel PDP caucuses meet

Abiodun sends list of OSIEC nominees to Assembly

Ogun threatens clampdown on forest reserves illegal occupants

We’re going ahead to recover assets from Okorocha –Imo

Abia, Senator exchange words over ‘champagne-drinking gov’ tag

Ondo declares holiday as Akeredolu’s inauguration holds today

ESN suspects remanded in custody

Mother of three jailed 28 years for child theft in Akwa Ibom

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation
We will fight insecurity hands down, say governors

We will make Nigeria safer soon, Service Chiefs vow

Buhari canvasses new cybersecurity strategy

House probes $2.6bn AKK gas pipeline contract for ‘local content violation’

Govt targets one million jobs from Digital Switch Over

NCC partners AEPB against street hawking of copyright works

Don’t deny retirees right to change PFAs, PenCom warns

Labour rejects plan to allow negotiation of wage by states

Media: Babafemi appointed NDLEA’s Director

Auto-club by Access makes vehicle purchase affordable

Stanbic IBTC boosts agric sector with low interest loans

Stanbic IBTC Pension gets new MD

STI pays N13.3b claims in five years

PDP kicks against ex-Service Chiefs as ambassadors

Nigeria’s federalism twisted, says Akeredolu

Why Plateau rejected RUGA, by Lalong

Troops, Boko Haram in UNIMAID gun duel

Eight years after, man accused of killing pregnant fiancée freed

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard
Troops recover Marte, kill scores of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists

Scores feared dead as heavy explosions, gunshots rock Maiduguri

Low wages, poor parental leave hinder gender equality — World Bank

Repair of Enugu-PH expressway to be completed July 2021 — Fashola

Cryptocurrency: We acted in Nigerians’ best interest ― Emefiele

NAFDAC threatens packaged water producers over poor GMP

Algerian students hold anti-government protests

Gas flaring: Group wants FG to initiate environmental audit of Bayelsa community

Sen Adeyemi under fire over anti-Ikpeazu remarks

Kidnapping: Police rescue 81-year-old monarch in Calabar

APC hails Buhari’s Highway Development, Management Initiative

Ekiti to have regular power supply soon – Fayemi

Nigeria must address drug abuse to solve insecurity problem — Wike

1 in 5 persons infected with COVID-19 in Lagos, 2 others — Survey

Tricyclist protest: Police arrest 77 hoodlums who attempted to hijack protest in Kano

Lagos deploys COVID-19 result verification platform

Texas power board members resign over mass outages

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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